CVE-2007-0450
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before 6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) "/" (slash), (2) "\" (backslash), and (3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in Apache.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 91.2% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-2420)
- Published
- March 16, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-2420 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / http server
- apache / tomcat
References
- http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx(Broken Link)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172(Third Party Advisory)
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795(Broken Link)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24732(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25106(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25280(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26235(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26660(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27037(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28365(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30899(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30908(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33668(Third Party Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-03.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2446(Third Party Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1(Broken Link)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:241(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0327.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0360.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.sec-consult.com/287.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20070314-0-apache_tomcat_directory_traversal.txt(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462791/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485938/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22960(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0975(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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